Hi Rossi, instead of the glorified tombstone - take NH8 and visit Udaipur, Jaipur and maybe even Ajmer.

There is lot more than a single building to see at each of the above in Rajasthan.

I had posted in Jan 2008 for my Cultural Trip to Rajasthan but job change caused me to indefinitely postpone it. Now that thread doesn't exist but I may have a MS Word file with the route and hotel numbers.

^^not at-all bro.. may be, you can get me the rasgulla's next time and nice write-up.

@shiva: I know that lord shiva sits on a bull.. u have any problem with it r something??

@rossi: dude, agra is really tempting.. never been to TAJ man! But it is 1185 kms one way thru the cities! 4 days won't be sufficient unless our only target is the TAJ? when can we plan this??

@2write...kitna time lagega to cover that distance (500 ke liye 12hrs laga tha)?? what do you suggest, doin a straight taj mahal and back or anyways there are very beautiful places on that route as you suggested??can we transport the bikes somewhere enroute??

sunny/bunny paji , tourer bhaiiyo aapke vichar??

^^Transporting the bike is a costly affair.

We have some budget constrains toooo rossi. I dont think so expenses will be less than 4000 (Without transportin the bikes.)

@Aman: Chal bahane mat bana. Jaldi cable yaaa card reader dhund aur pics post kar.

that i'll jugaad somehow.. from somewhere... but wat u busy with ehhh....??
you dont even require to goto office.. ghar pe baith ke kaam karo.. jo marzii karo... to pics bhi upload karo!

Pics upload karne ke liye ladai....

Day 2
After riding on Kashedi ghats we took a break ahead of a bridge. The motains were tooo foggy & the mist around us was troublesome. The visors & the glasses were foggin, so couldnt see through it. Took a break to clean those. The dark night was slowly vanishin into the light & the sun was ready to say goood morning. Ther sunlight trying to penetrate the fog was an awesome sight. Then as always we had an XBHP Dog headin towards us (No ride is complete without a dog). He stared at us posed for some snaps & was back on his way .

Had some red bull + water & back on the horses. Then from somewhere the Cow Killer emerged. Im not witness to the incident as me & nikil had taken a photo break. As Anup recounts the events, there was beautiful curve and anup & shiva were crussin around 70+. Anup entered the corner saw some cowz & bullz on the road, luckily everyone was eatin grass on the road sides or yawnin on the other lane. Anup dodged them on the ambition and crusised ahead. He was so sure tht somethin was goin to happen tht he breaked some 100mts from the curve. So ShivaZMA follows anup on the curve, till the time shiva entered the corner the cow yawnin on the other lane had strted crosssin the road. Seein this shiva pressed the break lever, the ZMA strated to skid on the tarmat thx to the zappers (There are some heavy discounts on zappers i guesss. All bikes have them.) So using some brain & keepin some trust in God, shiva opened the breaks & BANG, straight into the cowz stomach. Now heres the interesting part Shiva was standing & balancing his ZMA & the cow fell . (Thz ZMA power, thtz why itz the most reliable & best tourer avaiable in India. HH waitin for the FI version). There is a big list of wht brok in the ZMA, nothin visual. Anup was waitin ahead and watchin the whole drama. According to a cospirasy theory thts goin on in my mind. Anup was felling sleepy, so for some action in life he pushed the cow in the other lane went ahead and waited for the stunt .

Every one took a break after this. Anup was laughin & narrating wht jst happened. As the cow fell & Shiva was standing we changed ShivaZMA to Shiva- The Cow Killer. Took some photos. Ashish & Shiva were busy acessing the damage . Shiva also had a problem with his clutch, he was not able to rip the ZMA at alll. So we strated our journey again. We were supposed to reached Goa by 12 but we had not even reached Ratnagiri & the clock said 7.00.

10-15 km off Ganpatipule Anup stopped. He was feelin sleepy. Found some shade & grass went to sleep. Till we reached there he was fast asleep. After his Bhutan trip he is famous for sleepin nywhere. We too followed him on the grasss. I was sleepin while ridddin. The bike was jst drifitin to the side. The Banglore-Kolkatta-Mumbai was showin itz effects (Aboard a Flight). Whenever i used to drift ashish & nikil used to horn loudly, back on track. I was almost about to hit a man after fallin asleep. Soo I tooo hit the grasss. Slept for 1hr got up at 9.00. Ashish & Shiva were not sleeping but fixin the ZMA. Removed the spedo as it was shakin tooo much & put it the saddle bags & zooom we were back on the highway. A bit freash this time.

The fog now has started to become a bit anooying. You love it for 20-30 mins but for 3-4 hrs itz jst pain. The climate was jst awesome. Atop the mountain we could see the whole ground coverd by the fog. It felt like ur above the clouds. Then as u start the decent ur enter the dense fog & the only thing u can see is tail lights. Waited somewhere after ratnagiri the ambition needed some petrol. Took a small break. I took the oppoprtunity, grabed my sony & clicked some snaps. This was my worst trip considering photos. Was not patient enough to click snaps, clicked everythin in a bit hurry. Will surely improve nxt time. Had some snaks near the petrol pump & headed toward Goa. We were late, it was 12.00 & 200kms more to cover. So were started crusin, it was fun. Ridding non stop, cooly & calmly feeling & enjoin every bit of the ride. We lost Aman, Ashish & Nikhil after kankavli. Realised tht after 30kms. Waited for them to catch up near Kudal (150 kms frm goa). The R15 needed some petrol so they had stopped to refuel. Buckled up after a small break & rode non stop tilll Goa.

Finally around 3.00pm we had crossed Goa border. Waited near a Indian Oil petrol pump. My uni was thirsty. The petrol was 4rs cheaper than mumbai. Took a small b reak had some snaks & headed towards Anjuna Beach. Around 4.30pm we were at anjuna beach but to out dissapointment there were no rooms avaiable there. So we headed towards Baga beach. Got 2 rooms for 800 RS. Parked the bikes, took bath & crashed in the rooms.




To Be Continued..........

Some pics:









G2G Dog..........



Dhak Dhak Dhak .......................





High Above the Clouds (Itz Fog)



The Sun, The Fog, The Road

rest of the guys got amnesia or wat?? no one else enjoyed the ride or something??! kuch toh post karo!!

ye kya ho raha hai??? cosgeo is getting ridden... on the road

gr8 captures....

^^^ Awesome pics guys !

@Calvin: No commentz .

Hey COS....that whole cow thingy is captured on cam or not, not the accident but the after effects of the accident...!!????

I guess Kashedi Ghat is around 12kms.

Lucky boy.

@cosgeo-Taking good pictures in overcast and foggy conditions is not easy even with the best of equipment.So don't get disheartened.

@meisrossi-Mumbai-Agra has very good places enroute.I will suggest you to go either with Anup's or 2write's plan.Both looks equally good and easily doable.

Cow episode was put forward as a funny incident but it's exactly the other way round.Most probably the cow had died.Shiva had commited no mistake but think about the poor animal also.

No yaaar, until i reached the spot the cow was gone n the ZMA was rollin & anup was still laughin .

@MG: It was an fatal blow for the cow, but surely it will not die. I saw the cow off the road & but looking at itz gesture im sure itz not dead. A bit experience with cattle.